opi VS developer-workstation-setup-script

This is incorrect. It also installs a set list of packages.

Have you looked into OPI? This allows you to easily search and install community packages from the Open Build System similarly to how it is with working with yay on Arch. It very likely does not contain things like git packages or fonts but it can be pretty useful for packages like ckb-next and since it pulls from the OBS it is always guaranteed to be a binary, no compilation necessary

As of this writing, opi performs the following operations behind the curtains (see here for reference):

opi will implement a workaround in https://github.com/openSUSE/opi/pull/120 which will force the ffmpeg version on tumbleweed to be >=5.

OPI is your friend. You don't have to update every day...once a week or so is fine. Set up multiversion for kernels. A lot of times if a vendor offers a Fedora RPM and not openSUSE, the Fedora RPM will work fine. If you are using Nvidia, wait to update kernels... that's all I can think of. Use and update the wiki as needed, it's a good resource, but can get outdated.

Yeah I'm pretty sure it's using Packman https://github.com/openSUSE/opi

For more information https://github.com/openSUSE/opi

OPI is also useful for finding other packages that aren't in the regular repos

The easiest way to install software is with OPI, you can also search with Zypper or YaST. Generally, if you can find an RPM file built for Fedora, you can install it on Tumbleweed as well - I'm sure there are exceptions.

Welcome to your new ultimate development environment! The Developer Workstation Setup Script

Check it out: https://github.com/David-Else/developer-workstation-setup-script

You can use Rocky Linux 8.5 and this setup script to create your ultimate development experience with Neovim and all the best tools preconfigured! https://github.com/David-Else/developer-workstation-setup-script

I made an install script that contains a lot of extras you might want to make it a truly awesome desktop (especially if you are a developer): https://github.com/David-Else/developer-workstation-setup-script

You might need to use some binaries/flatpaks for missing packages, but using bits of this install script might help you fill the gap between Fedora 35 and Rocky 8.5: https://github.com/David-Else/developer-workstation-setup-script

I have been using it as a desktop with great success. The only issue is missing packages for more obscure apps. Luckily missing apps can be replaced by flatpacks or binaries. Check out this install script that replaces missing Fedora packages for all the RHEL 8 clones: https://github.com/David-Else/developer-workstation-setup-script